. >> reporter: ron claiborne started his shopping this morning. >> i could never get focused to the 23rd,, sometimes not until the 25th. >> reporter: see, he's making great choices. stores stay open for the last-minute larryr larry. target until 10:00 p.m. walgreen's is open christmas day. >> reporter: it'll be okay. another advantage of last minute, the sales have already begun. the late bird can catch the best worm. nick watt, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you, nick. looks like two former presidents from opposite sides of this planet will be spending this christmas in the hospital. president george h.w. bush is still recovering from bronkitis. doctors in south africa say former president nelson mandela in the hospital now for two weeks is improving. he's 94 and recovering from a lung infection and gall stone surgery. >>> also queen elizabeth is under the weather tonight, trying to get over a nasty cold before christmas. the 86-year-old had to skip church today, something that rarely happens. buckingham palace says she'll be back in church for services on christmas day. >>> in newtown